The Long Āgama Sūtra 15.23

15.23

佛告梵志：「時，彼善宿過其夜已，著衣持鉢，入城乞食。時，彼善宿向毘舍離城中眾多婆羅門、沙門、梵志，具說此言：『波梨梵志子於大眾中說如此言：沙門瞿曇有大智慧，我亦有大智慧；沙門瞿曇有大威力，我亦有大威力；沙門瞿曇有大神足，我亦有大神足；沙門現一，我當現二；乃至沙門隨所現多少，我盡當倍。而今沙門瞿曇欲詣彼波梨子所，汝等眾人盡可詣彼。』時，波梨梵志在道而行，善宿見已，速詣其所，語言：『汝於毘舍離大眾中作如是言，沙門瞿曇有大智慧，我亦有大智慧，乃至沙門瞿曇，隨所現神足多少，我盡當倍。瞿曇聞此言，今欲來至汝所，汝可速歸。』報言：『我當歸耳！我當歸耳！』作此語已，尋自惶懼，衣毛為竪，不還本處，乃詣道頭波梨梵志林中，坐繩床上，愁悶迷亂。」

The Buddha told the wanderer, “After the night had passed, Sunakṣatra put on his robe and took his bowl into the city to solicit alms. When Sunakṣatra reached the center of Vaiśālī, there were many priests, ascetics, and wanderers. He told them all this, ‘The wanderer Pāṭiputra has made this claim in a large crowd: “The ascetic Gautama has great wisdom. I have great wisdom, too. The ascetic Gautama has great power. I have great power, too. The ascetic Gautama has great miraculous abilities. I have great miraculous abilities, too … The ascetic will demonstrate one ability, and then I will demonstrate two … However many abilities that ascetic demonstrates, I will always demonstrate twice as many.” Now, the ascetic Gautama is going visit Pāṭiputra. Everyone here can visit him, too!’

“The wanderer Pāṭiputra was walking on the road. When Sunakṣatra saw him, he hurried to Pāṭiputra and said, ‘You made this claim in a large crowd at Vaiśālī: “The ascetic Gautama has great wisdom … However many abilities that ascetic demonstrates, I will always demonstrate twice as many.” Gautama has heard about it, and now he’s coming visit you. You ought to quickly return home.’

“He responded, ‘I’ll return! I’ll return!’ After saying that, he suddenly felt afraid for himself, and his hair stood on end, so he didn’t go back to his home. Instead, he went to the Wanderer Pāṭiputra’s Malabar Ebony Grove. There, he sat on a rope seat, feeling miserable and distraught.”